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AHS CAT SHELTER DATA
MODELDEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMANTATION OF A DATA WAREHOUSE
MODEL, WHICH WILL HELP THE
ALASKA HUMANE SOCIETY CAT SHELTER TO
BETTER STORE AND ANALYZE ALL THE DATA
RELATED TO ITS ACTIVITY.
LAUREN
RILEY
PATRICK
McCORMACK
MARIO
RONCADOR
CIS A670APRIL 23, 2015
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
INTRODUCTION
Alaska Humane Society Houses 150 cats Run solely on volunteerism and donations Filing system is still largely paper with some records kept in
Excel Outdated usage of sites such as Petfinder.com and
Facebook to showcase adoptable cats
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
1. PROJECT PLANNING
Business Objectives: Integrated & organized record keeping system Increase Adoption Rate Grow Monetary Donation
Organizational Obstacles: Lack of organization
Ex. volunteer and adoption records Financial instability
Enterprise Business Requirements Low cost (one-time versus subscription) Data easily exported to Excel for use with sites such as
Petfinder.com IT Support Cloud Based (optimally)
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
Finding #1: AHS does not have a working data management system in place.
Recommendation: Create an integrated, organized record keeping system and assign one long-term IT savvy volunteer to maintain the database. Utilize 501(C)3 status to find an aff ordable database solution.
2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
Finding #2: AHS current adoption rate is substandard. Recommendation:
Raise overall awareness of individual cats available for adoption by leveraging the database for online sites such as Petfinder.com, where the majority of people looking to adopt a pet start their search.
Make the physical location easier to find by increasing roadside signage. The shelter does not have extensive phone or email communications so it is imperative that potential customers can find the shelter during offi ce hours.
2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS
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Finding #3: AHS funding is not stable from year to year.
Recommendation: Instead of relying on one-time donations (the bulk of which
come form Pick.Click.Give), utilize current volunteer experience in grant writing and search for renewable grants that provide a more sustainable funding method for non-profit entities.
Increased funding may allow for a full time paid employee who could maintain the database. This will be imperative to assist in tracking grant management and making sure the shelter is fulfilling the grant requirements.
2. CONSOLIDATED FINDINGS
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING
Measures
of
Interest
Measures related to the “Cat care and Adoption”:
1. Cats
2. Adoption
3. Health History
4. Vaccination
Measures related to “Facility and Volunteers”:
1. Volunteers
2. Donations
3. Maintenance
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3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
Data quality ensuring measures
3. DIMENSIONAL MODELING
RELEVANT ATTRIBUTES
DATA STEWARTSHIP ROLES
Completeness
Reliability
Accuracy
Conciseness
Usefulness
Anita Shell
Lauren Riley technical issues
database population
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
Data management has been identified as a key area of importance for AHS
Once the information has been catalogued, volunteers will need to be assigned the task of maintaining the updated database
Overall business objectives such as increased adoptions and donations will be eff ected by their ability to properly maintain and leverage their data
CONCLUSION
AHS CAT SHELTER DATA MODEL
THANK YOU!LaurenPatrickMario